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Good Practices from AAOU Members
INTRODUCTION
Prof. Tian Belawati, M.Ed., Ph.D.
CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND welfare, upward social mobility, and overall
Asia accounts for 54.9% of the global human well-being (Marginson, 2017). For
population and is the largest continent, with most Asian countries, the lack of access to
a total population of over 4.3 billion (Internet an education system makes it difficult to
World Stat, 2022). The Asian Community has develop their people resources due to their
long placed a high value on education, and large populations. The job landscapes have
education is seen as the catalyst for social also changed as a result of the Industrial
Revolution 4.0’s key innovations. As a result,
Introduction
